An old, very old woman, in the meanest attire, sat crouching beside the fire; and although she held a huge wooden ladle in her hand, seemed, by her drooped head and bent-down attitude, either Moping or asleep.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
He looked a good deal more like a man in every way than he did on the night of his arrival, when he sat Moping in the hotel office; and Silas and Tug both wondered at the change, but they were of one mind as to his clean face; it was a disguise.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
I mention this not because I wanted to be in at them; indeed it all seemed to me a little casual; but I could hardly have expected Evie to sit Moping in a boarding-house parlour all that time, and certainly she looked a picture of blooming health.
"The Debit Account"
Oliver Onions